Patents by Inventor Georges Chounet

Georges Chounet has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Gas-generating pyrotechnical compositions and pyrotechnical compounds for automotive safety
    Publication number: 20070181236
    Abstract: The present invention provides a pyrotechnic gas generating composition and pyrotechnic compounds able to be obtained from said composition. Said composition comprises basic copper nitrate, guanidine nitrate, a specific additional reducing charge, and/or a specific additional oxidizing charge as well as a specific binder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2005
    Publication date: August 9, 2007
    Applicant: SNPE MATERIAUX ENERGETIQUES
    Inventors: Georges Chounet, Eric Giraud, Bernard Thibieroz
  • Pyrotechnic gas-generating composition intended for motor vehicle safety and burning at combustion temperatures below 2200 degree K
    Publication number: 20050067077
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a gas-generating pyrotechnic composition, this composition being characterized in that it comprises a first oxidizing charge consisting of ammonium perchlorate and a second oxidizing charge consisting of a metal oxide chosen from the group consisting of copper oxide, manganese oxide and a mixture of these two compounds, the weight ratio between the first oxidizing charge and the second oxidizing charge being less than 1, the said composition also including a reducing charge in the form of a nitrogen-containing organic compound chosen from the group consisting of nitroguanidine, guanidinium nitrate, oxamide, dicyandiamide and metal cyanamides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2004
    Publication date: March 31, 2005
    Applicant: SNPE MATERIAUX ENERGETIQUES
    Inventors: Georges Chounet, Bernard Thibieroz
  • Gas-generating pyrotechnic compositions with a binder and continuous manufacturing process
    Patent number: 6824626
    Abstract: The invention is directed to a solvent-free gas-generating pyrotechnic composition, and a method for continuously manufacturing the composition in a twin-screw mixer-extruder, the composition including a binder, a nitrogenous organic compound, an oxidizing filler, and optionally at least one additive; the oxidizing filler including an ammonium perchlorate and a chlorine scavenger; the binder including at least one polymer, having a molecular mass greater than 200,000 and selected from a polyester polymer and an acrylic ester, and wherein the binder uncliding at least one liquid constituent selected from a polyester resin and a plasticizer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2004
    Assignee: SNPE
    Inventors: Dimitri Charrette, Georges Chounet
  • Gas-generating pyrotechnic compositions with a hydrocarbonaceous binder and continuous manufacturing process
    Publication number: 20020079031
    Abstract: The invention relates to gas-generating pyrotechnic compositions and to a continuous process which allows them to be prepared.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2001
    Publication date: June 27, 2002
    Applicant: SNPE
    Inventors: Dimitri Charrette, Georges Chounet